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]WLOB (1310 AM) and WLOB-FM (95.5 FM) are news/talk radio stations in the Portland, Maine area. The current owner is Atlantic Coast Radio. In the 1960's McGavern/Guild Media NYC woned WLOB AM 1310/FM 98 as Atlantic States Industries Div. Also owning WTSA-Vt., WNVY-Fa., WRYT-Boston.
During the 1960s and early 1970s, WLOB was a popular Top 40 music station, competing with WJAB (1440) in nearby Westbrook. By the early 1990s, WLOB had picked up a religious format. In the late 1990s, it added a simulcast on 96.3 FM in Rumford, WLOB-FM. This wa... See more
Portland AM|1310
207-773-9695
779 Warren AvePortland ME, 04103
http://www.wlobradio.com
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WLOB (1310 AM) and WLOB-FM (95.5 FM) are news/talk radio stations in the Portland, Maine area. The current owner is Atlantic Coast Radio. In the 1960's McGavern/Guild Media NYC woned WLOB AM 1310/FM 98 as Atlantic States Industries Div. Also owning WTSA-Vt., WNVY-Fa., WRYT-Boston.
During the 1960s and early 1970s, WLOB was a popular Top 40 music station, competing with WJAB (1440) in nearby Westbrook. By the early 1990s, WLOB had picked up a religious format. In the late 1990s, it added a simulcast on 96.3 FM in Rumford, WLOB-FM. This was the third incarnation of WLOB-FM; previous versions included an AOR-formatted incarnation on 100.9 (now occupied by WYNZ) from 1978 to 1980, and an incarnation on 102.9 (now occupied by WBLM) in the 1960s.
In 2000, WLOB and WLOB-FM were sold to Atlantic Coast Radio by Carter Broadcasting. The stations subsequently dropped their religious programming and picked up the news-talk format heard today. In 2006, WLOB-FM relocated its transmitter from western Maine to South Paris to provide a clearer signal to the Portland area. Following the transmitter move, in 2008 WLOB-FM changed its city of license from Rumford to Gray.
The 95.5 frequency began operations in 1993 as WPME, simulcasting a country music format with WCME (now WTQX). A year later, the station converted to an oldies format as WXGL-FM. Atlantic Coast Radio purchased the station in 1999, and in January 2000 the station switched to an adult album alternative format as WCLZ. A few months later, WCLZ adopted a sports talk format, initially as a simulcast of WJAE (the descendant of WJAB); the next year, the station took the call letters WJJB-FM.
On August 25, 2008, WLOB-FM was converted to a simulcast of WJJB (which WJAE had become by that time); resulting in WLOB's programming being heard only on the AM signal. This was part of a shuffle of Atlantic Coast Radio's FM stations as a result of the conversion of two of its stations, including WJJB-FM, on September 1, 2008 to simulcasts of WEEI. Shortly after the completion of these format changes, 95.5's call letters were changed to WGEI (it had initially planned to use the WTEI call sign, and for a week in September 2008 used the WUEI call letters).
As of April 1, 2009, WGEI had been converted to a simulcast of WLOB; it became WLOB-FM a few days later.
During the 1960s and early 1970s, WLOB was a popular Top 40 music station, competing with WJAB (1440) in nearby Westbrook. By the early 1990s, WLOB had picked up a religious format. In the late 1990s, it added a simulcast on 96.3 FM in Rumford, WLOB-FM. This was the third incarnation of WLOB-FM; previous versions included an AOR-formatted incarnation on 100.9 (now occupied by WYNZ) from 1978 to 1980, and an incarnation on 102.9 (now occupied by WBLM) in the 1960s.
In 2000, WLOB and WLOB-FM were sold to Atlantic Coast Radio by Carter Broadcasting. The stations subsequently dropped their religious programming and picked up the news-talk format heard today. In 2006, WLOB-FM relocated its transmitter from western Maine to South Paris to provide a clearer signal to the Portland area. Following the transmitter move, in 2008 WLOB-FM changed its city of license from Rumford to Gray.
The 95.5 frequency began operations in 1993 as WPME, simulcasting a country music format with WCME (now WTQX). A year later, the station converted to an oldies format as WXGL-FM. Atlantic Coast Radio purchased the station in 1999, and in January 2000 the station switched to an adult album alternative format as WCLZ. A few months later, WCLZ adopted a sports talk format, initially as a simulcast of WJAE (the descendant of WJAB); the next year, the station took the call letters WJJB-FM.
On August 25, 2008, WLOB-FM was converted to a simulcast of WJJB (which WJAE had become by that time); resulting in WLOB's programming being heard only on the AM signal. This was part of a shuffle of Atlantic Coast Radio's FM stations as a result of the conversion of two of its stations, including WJJB-FM, on September 1, 2008 to simulcasts of WEEI. Shortly after the completion of these format changes, 95.5's call letters were changed to WGEI (it had initially planned to use the WTEI call sign, and for a week in September 2008 used the WUEI call letters).
As of April 1, 2009, WGEI had been converted to a simulcast of WLOB; it became WLOB-FM a few days later.
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